Jisho

×

14 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
Kun:
つ.む
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 摘発 【テキハツ】 exposing, unmasking, laying bare
  • 摘出 【テキシュツ】 picking out, taking out, (surgical) removal, exposure

Kun reading compounds

  • 摘む 【つむ】 to pick, to pluck, to snip, to cut, to nip, to trim

Readings

Japanese names:
つむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhai1, zhe2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • señalar
  • revelar
  • coger
  • pellizcar

Portuguese

  • pouco
  • escolher
  • puxão
  • arrumar
  • recomeçar

French

  • saisir du bout des doigts
  • pincer
  • cueillir
  • tailler (haie)
  • récapituler
1625 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1065 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1987 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1600 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1379 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2066 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1447 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1540 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1256 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
851 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
664 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12582 Morohashi
694 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2266 New Nelson (John Haig)
657 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
709 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1706 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1349 2001 Kanji
3c11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
5002.7 Four corner code
1-37-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6458 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
bud, sprout, spear, germ
Kun:
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 芽球 【ガキュウ】 gemmule, blast (cell)
  • 芽殖孤虫 【ガショクコチュウ】 Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
  • 発芽 【ハツガ】 germination, sprouting, budding
  • 無性芽 【ムセイガ】 gemma

Kun reading compounds

  • 芽 【め】 sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
  • 目出度い 【めでたい】 happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive
  • 若芽 【わかめ】 sprouts, new shoots, young buds
  • 脇芽 【わきめ】 axillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds, suckers

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 めぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2, di2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • brote
  • germen

Portuguese

  • botão
  • broto
  • brotar
  • germe (planta)

French

  • bourgeon
  • pousse
  • brin
  • germe
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
457 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1676 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
709 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1697 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1455 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1549 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1835 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
645 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2784 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1429 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1924 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30860P Morohashi
2240 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5002 New Nelson (John Haig)
1905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2054 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
497 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1947 2001 Kanji
3k5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4424.1 Four corner code
1-18-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82bd Unicode hex code